FCC Reveals BDS List of Competitive Counties

The FCC listed counties deemed “competitive” in the lower-speed business data services market and subject to price deregulation under the commission’s April BDS order. The agency released the list Monday. Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Incompas called for its release before commissioners' vote last month (see 1704100068); the FCC proposed releasing it in an April 28 notice (see 1705010019). Incompas is "shocked by the number of counties, including several rural counties, targeted by the FCC for broadband price hikes," emailed the CLEC association's General Counsel Angie Kronenberg. Incompas is still studying the list, "but it is apparent now why the FCC wanted to withhold this information from the public and Congress until after the BDS vote," she said.